Watched and enjoyed tonight’s “NewsHour With Jim Lehrer,” with coverage of the ongoing controversy over whether the press deserves a special privilege to protect confidential sources (yes, it does) and under what circumstances (not in every case). Here’s a transcript of the segment. Great to see Jeff Jarvis in fine form as a self-described blogger […]
Endorsements for California’s propositions
My friends back East don’t quite get California’s crazy system of propositions, which dates back to the Progressive Era. True, it’s been compromised by big money, by special interests, by misleading and simplistic 30-second attack attacks. But it’s still democracy, messy and flawed as it is. Here are the major measures on the Nov. 8 […]
Happy Halloween!
Here’s our 6-year-old, Bobby, in his Bionicle warrior outfit, taken a few minutes ago.
Ourmedia cracks the top 100
Ourmedia has cracked the list of 100 most popular blogs, as tracked by Technorati link love. We’re at #99.
Brewster Kahle’s fight for open access
Today’s San Jose Merc has a two-part package about Internet Archive co-founder and digital librarian visionary Brewster Kahle (I took the above photo of Brewster when the Internet Archive hosted the citizens media summit I organized on May 14, 2005): He fights for open access to the world’s digital library Dedicating his career to open […]